Gross and Disgusting
The most revolting, gross, disgusting urban legends and Netlore to be found -- horrible infestations, repugnant medical conditions, and repulsive human behavior. Read at your own risk. I mean it!
Subtopics
Articles & Resources
Sort By : Guide Picks | Alphabetical | Recent
The 10 Grossest Urban Legends Ever Told
Here is a handpicked collection of our very favorite, absolutely 100% true (heh!) tales of revolting food contaminations, creepy-crawly insect infestations, sexually-transmitted horrors, and all-around nauseating human behavior. Each and every story is guaranteed to disgust. Enjoy!
Here is a handpicked collection of our very favorite, absolutely 100% true (heh!) tales of revolting food contaminations, creepy-crawly insect infestations, sexually-transmitted horrors, and all-around nauseating human behavior. Each and every story is guaranteed to disgust. Enjoy!
Bananas Spread Flesh-Eating Disease
Necrotizing fasciitis, a rare and deadly disease, allegedly infects an entire crop of Costa Rican fruit.
Necrotizing fasciitis, a rare and deadly disease, allegedly infects an entire crop of Costa Rican fruit.
Boiled Brains
How not to dry your hair.
How not to dry your hair.
Brain Maggots / Sushi Worms (Photos)
Disturbing images of what appears to be a worm infestation of a live human brain are circulating attached to two completely different stories, both of which are terrifying, but false.
Disturbing images of what appears to be a worm infestation of a live human brain are circulating attached to two completely different stories, both of which are terrifying, but false.
Breast Infestation (Photo & Video)
Emailed image and video purport to document the medical case of anthropologist Susan McKinley, who failed to seek treatment for a rash and wound up with an infestation of larvae in her breast.
Emailed image and video purport to document the medical case of anthropologist Susan McKinley, who failed to seek treatment for a rash and wound up with an infestation of larvae in her breast.
Brown Recluse Spider Bite (Photos)
Emailed photos purport to show the progressive deterioration of a wound caused by the bite of a brown recluse spider.
Emailed photos purport to show the progressive deterioration of a wound caused by the bite of a brown recluse spider.
Celebrity Stomach Pump
Did you hear that (Insert Name of Rock Star Here) collapsed onstage and had to be rushed to the emergency room, where a pint of semen was pumped from his/her stomach?
Did you hear that (Insert Name of Rock Star Here) collapsed onstage and had to be rushed to the emergency room, where a pint of semen was pumped from his/her stomach?
Cockroach Egg Tacos at Taco Bell
A fast-food horror story, as told in six different locations around the U.S.
A fast-food horror story, as told in six different locations around the U.S.
Cockroach Eggs on Envelopes
Postal Service worker's tongue gives birth to live cockroach!
Postal Service worker's tongue gives birth to live cockroach!
Crocodile Eats Golfer (Photo)
Little did the Palm Beach golfer realize as he tramped off alone to the seventh hole that he was about to become Ol' Mose's last meal.
Little did the Palm Beach golfer realize as he tramped off alone to the seventh hole that he was about to become Ol' Mose's last meal.
Crustacean Love
Reasons not to have sex with a lobster. (Caution: a very bawdy email tale featuring explicit language some will find offensive.)
Reasons not to have sex with a lobster. (Caution: a very bawdy email tale featuring explicit language some will find offensive.)
Dead Frog Found in Can of Peas (Photos)
(NOT a hoax!) Irate consumer complains in forwarded email about finding a tiny dead frog inside a can of Kroger peas. With revolting photo documentation...
(NOT a hoax!) Irate consumer complains in forwarded email about finding a tiny dead frog inside a can of Kroger peas. With revolting photo documentation...
Do They Eat Babies in China? (Photos)
Photos circulated on the Internet seem to prove that human infants are eaten in China. Are they real? (Not for the faint of heart!)
Photos circulated on the Internet seem to prove that human infants are eaten in China. Are they real? (Not for the faint of heart!)
Doctors Find Live Worm in Patient's Eye (Photos)
Revolting photos show the surgical removal of a live worm from the eye of an unfortunate patient who purportedly contracted the parasite from ordinary house dust.
Revolting photos show the surgical removal of a live worm from the eye of an unfortunate patient who purportedly contracted the parasite from ordinary house dust.
Don't Drink the Sea Water
Forwarded email accompanied by a photo purportedly showing the penis of a blue whale claims that the male of that species produces over 400 gallons of sperm in a single mating session.
Forwarded email accompanied by a photo purportedly showing the penis of a blue whale claims that the male of that species produces over 400 gallons of sperm in a single mating session.
Dumb Burglars Snort Stolen Cremains
As allegedly reported in a Florida newspaper, stupid burglars confuse woman's cremated remains for crack cocaine.
As allegedly reported in a Florida newspaper, stupid burglars confuse woman's cremated remains for crack cocaine.
Gerbilling Mishap Injures Two
The rectal rodent was the least of their worries...
The rectal rodent was the least of their worries...
I Like My Pizza Without the 'P'
A tasty banquet of correspondence from the urban legends mailroom. Topic: food contamination. Yum!
A tasty banquet of correspondence from the urban legends mailroom. Topic: food contamination. Yum!
Man Arrested for Having Sex with Pumpkin
"Police arrested Patrick Lawrence, a 22-year-old white male, resident of Dacula, GA, in a pumpkin patch at 11:38 p.m. Friday. Lawrence will be charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, public indecency, and public intoxication at the Gwinnett County courthouse on Monday..."
"Police arrested Patrick Lawrence, a 22-year-old white male, resident of Dacula, GA, in a pumpkin patch at 11:38 p.m. Friday. Lawrence will be charged with lewd and lascivious behavior, public indecency, and public intoxication at the Gwinnett County courthouse on Monday..."
The Necrophiliac's Gift
Note to self: don't have sex with anyone who works in a morgue.
Note to self: don't have sex with anyone who works in a morgue.
Peanut Butter Surprise
Shocking proof that dog is woman's best friend, too.
Shocking proof that dog is woman's best friend, too.
Rectal Foreign Objects
Writer Leif 'Trials of a Gay-Seeming Straight Male' Ueland glosses the execrable Richard Gere gerbil-in-the-butt legend in his probing article for Nerve.com, 'Everything but the Gerbil'...
Writer Leif 'Trials of a Gay-Seeming Straight Male' Ueland glosses the execrable Richard Gere gerbil-in-the-butt legend in his probing article for Nerve.com, 'Everything but the Gerbil'...
Restaurant Closed for Serving Rats, Mice, etc. as Food
Email hoax claims an "Asian/Chinese" restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia was recently closed by authorities for offering dishes made of rats, mice, kittens and puppies.
Email hoax claims an "Asian/Chinese" restaurant in Atlanta, Georgia was recently closed by authorities for offering dishes made of rats, mice, kittens and puppies.
Scrotum Self-Repair
Perhaps the most inventive use of an industrial staple gun you're ever likely to see. Grisly but true!
Perhaps the most inventive use of an industrial staple gun you're ever likely to see. Grisly but true!
The McPus Sandwich
Hold the mayo!!
Hold the mayo!!
The Queen and the Scottish Soldiers (Photos)
Emailed image shows Queen Elizabeth of England sitting amidst a group of kilt-wearing Scottish soldiers, one of whom reveals a wee bit too much of his manhood.
Emailed image shows Queen Elizabeth of England sitting amidst a group of kilt-wearing Scottish soldiers, one of whom reveals a wee bit too much of his manhood.
Woman Finds Human Finger in Bowl of Wendy's Chili
TRUE: A woman dining at a Wendy's restaurant in San Jose, California got the shock of her life last Tuesday when she realized the odd-shaped piece of meat she had just bitten into in a spoonful of chili was a human finger.
TRUE: A woman dining at a Wendy's restaurant in San Jose, California got the shock of her life last Tuesday when she realized the odd-shaped piece of meat she had just bitten into in a spoonful of chili was a human finger.
Wormburgers
Do fast food chains sometimes substitute ground worms for beef in their hamburgers to cut costs?
Do fast food chains sometimes substitute ground worms for beef in their hamburgers to cut costs?